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What's the frequency, South Florida? If you're wondering why you're hearing some of your favorite AM sports and news talk stations on the FM dial lately, it's part of a recent migration that's changing the airwaves. ESPN West Palm Beach's move to FM last month signaled the most recent dial turn from AM radio. Last year, WAXY 790 AM The Ticket also began broadcasting its sports shows on 104.3 FM in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Miami market. It followed news talk station WIOD 610 AM, which can also be heard on 100.3 FM. Experts say it's just the latest evolution of local radio. As music stations flocked from AM to FM in the 1970s and '80s, AM became...

There was good news for classical music station KUSC-FM (91.5) in the local monthly radio ratings from Arbitron: It jumped from 29th place in May to 23rd in June, with the number of people who tune in at least five minutes a week climbing from 554,000...

The new top banana in local morning radio, Ricardo "El Mandril" Sanchez of regional Mexican music station KLAX-FM (97.9), not only held onto No. 1 in July but also widened his lead in the Los Angeles-Orange County ratings, according to figures...

Until a month ago, Ricardo Sanchez was flying high as Los Angeles' top-rated local morning radio host.
Then the Spanish-language radio personality known as "El Mandril" disappeared from his slot on KLAX-FM (97.9), the Los Angeles station...

Amid a rapidly evolving media landscape, radio remains a constant in Americans' daily lives, according to a new report from Nielsen.
Ninety percent of Americans listen to AM or FM radio each week, with the average listener tuning in for more than two...